Sliding door mounting



Sept. 26, 1950 P. G. AusTlN SLIPING- DOOR MOUNTING Filed Nov. 7, 194e Bw/z 6. Hasi-I JNVENToR.

Patented Sept. 1950 SLIDING DOOR MOUNTING Y Paul G. Austin, Pasadena, Calif., assigner to Acme Appliance Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, Calif., a corporation of California Application November 7, 1946, Serial No. 708,407

1 l Thisinvention has to do with overhead mountings for sliding doors of a type generallyused in` dwellings where the door lcarriers are preinstalled within a track overlying the door opening, andthe door subsequently is attached to and suspended from the carriers. l Y

More specifically, the invention relates to door niountings wherein the carrier track is 'formed er contained within a pair of wooden headers extending across the top of the. door Vopening and so formed as toV permit downward projection ofthe carriers to connections with fittings on brackets carried by the top of the door.

One of my major objects is to provide an improved connection between the carrier and the door bracket, having various advantages with respectto the security given' the dooi` vsuspension and the facility with which the connection may be made in installing the door, or disconnected for removal of the door. In accordance with the invention, the carrier and bracket parts to be joined are conditioned for interconnection i claim. .(01. 16-89) Y `2 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged cross-section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; g

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig'. 2;

Fig. 4 is a` view showing one of theA traveling Y ture i2 comprises a pair of wooden Vbeam sections i4 veach shaped to have inside angular surfaces l5 and I6 forming a longitudinal recess by vertically raising the door for association of its bracket with a depending portion of the carrier, and interlocking the parts byV a laterally movable locking element. Typically the locking element may take the form of an element movable transversely within an initially open space overlying the door, which later is in effect closed by a facing strip confining the door in place.

Specifically, the invention contemplates form-v ing the carrier with a depending shank receivable within an opening in a bracket carried by. and having an under surface spaced above the door,V and interconnecting the parts by lateral insertion of a locking element receivable within a recess in the shank to engage and support the under branch of the body depending below the track` A for reception ofthe locking element and connection with the bracket, as and stated.

More complete understanding of the invention,

for the purposes including the above mentioned features and objects, will be had from the following description of va typical embodiment illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. `1 is an elevational view showing the door and the immediate frame and wall structure;

E? containing the carriers I3. As illustrated, the track sections are` part of the internal wall or door framing 'and in the finished condition of the wall arecovered by the plaster coats I8. The

door opening is finished by the usual casingmembers i9 and 2i) within opening 2| provided at one side for reception of the door as it is l of the locking element as will be explained. Each carrier I3 comprises a Y-shaped body 23, Ysee Fig. 4, the upper branches23a `of which carry rollers 24 Ywhich travel the inclined track surfaces i6. The'lower'branch V23o of the body constitutes a shank depending through the elongated opening or slot 25 for connection with the door-carried bracket26. As illustrated in Fig. 6, the bracket Vhas flanges 2l for attachment to the top edge of the door, and an upwardly offset portion 28 .containing an opening 29, for

reception of the carrier shank 23h. The lower end portionof `the shank contains an annular man may grasp the side edges of the door and -the shank groove to vertically support the door and 20a to confine the door and complete "enclo-Y sure of the described connections. If desired the locking elements 3l may be shaped to facilitate their removal at suchtime as the door is to be disrnounted, as by providing lwithin the element an opening Y33 whichmay receive an appropriate tool 'by which the element kcan be pulled from the shank.

For use with a track structure having inwardly inclined sur-faces, a -symmetrically Y shaped carrier for sliding doors comprising a Ibody `having -a depending portion adapted to be attached to a door and a. pair of branches exl 4 tending upwardly and outwardls7 in diverging directions therefrom, and a pair of rollers carried by said diverging branches respectively at angles corresponding to the inclination of said track surfaces and adapted to ride on said surfaces to movably support said body.

YPAUL G. AUSTIN.

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